PMID: 18410709Apr 16, 2008Paper

Assessment of health related quality of life among school children with cancer in Alexandria

The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association
Gehan M Mounir, M A Abolfotouh

Abstract

In recent years, the necessity of measuring health related quality of life (HRQOL) among children with cancer has been stressed. The aim of the present work was to assess the HRQOL in terms of physical, emotional and social functioning, to identify some predictors of QOL and to describe the scholastic achievement and nutritional status among school children with cancer in Alexandria. A cross-sectional study of 215 students with cancer who attended the oncology school health insurance clinic of Sporting Student's Hospital in Alexandria governorate within a period of one month (June 2005) was conducted. Every child was subjected to the Pediatric Oncology Quality Of Life scale to assess the quality of life with cancer. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height were measured for each child and BMI was calculated. Review of records of each child was done to take the last heamoglobin level. Lymphoma was the most common tumour (34.9%), followed by leukemia (24.2%), brain tumour (13.0%), osteosarcoma (7.9%), and Wilm's tumour (7%). About one third of the sample (36.7%) reported poor QOL which was more evident in the physical domain (54.4%), as compared to 34.4% in emotional domain and 26% in the social domain. Sex (p<0.05...Continue Reading

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